by using the documentation for upgradimg the kernel, it's told to update the sym link by using eselect. lets see what the doc (http://www.gentoo.de/doc/de/kernel-upgrade.xml tells at point 4-1.2 both the english as the german one: ------------------------------------------------------------ (Installieren Sie eselect, wenn Sie es noch nicht haben) # emerge eselect (Eine Liste aller verfügbaren Kernel einsehen) # eselect kernel list Available kernel symlink targets: [1] linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 [2] linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r2 (Auswählen des richtigen Kernels) # eselect kernel set 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Why doesnt eselect show the running kernelvesion using the mark (*) ? 2. Why do we upgrade to the older Version listed at point [1] and not to the newer one listed at point [2], although in 4-1.3 we are showed how to set the link on the latest version [2]? So i think the eselect should be : # eselect kernel set 2 lets see what the doc (http://www.gentoo.de/doc/de/kernel-upgrade.xml tells at point 4-1.3 both the english as the german one: ------------------------------------------------------------ # cd /usr/src # ln -sfn linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r2 linux ------------------------------------------------------------ Reproducible: Always Actual Results: by reading and following the doc for upgradeing the gentoo-sources, i bacame worried about whats the right version for setting the symlink (at the first time).
I don't know if this is a real bug. I think that the writer was just giving an example of how to use eselect. I"ll cc fox2mike[1] who was the one who did that change some years ago, and kernel team to properly review this. [1] http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml?r1=1.14&r2=1.15
wrt bug #113417
This I mean: revision 1.15 version 0.4 line 20 It would be better to chnage the two lines from: 147 [1] linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 147 [1] linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 * And mark it as the running kernel version 150 # <i>eselect kernel set 1</i> 150 # <i>eselect kernel set 2</i> For setting the symlink to the latest version.
(In reply to comment #1) > I don't know if this is a real bug. I think that the writer was just giving an > example of how to use eselect. It's not a "real" bug, no, but I took the time to add the marker. Also added an extra verification step.
